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He appealed two of those convictions - the 2000 rape of the sex worker and a 2012 attack on a Dutch backpacker.

The prosecution in the 2000 case relied heavily on the sex worker's identification of Bayley in 2012 when she saw a photo of him on a missing person's Facebook page about Ms Meagher.

After seeing the photo, the victim made a statement to police, then picked out a photo of Bayley from 12 photographs at the police station.

By that time, she had already seen his images in the media and was aware he had been charged with her rape.

The Court of Appeal found the identification evidence should have been excluded because of the risk of unfair prejudice.

"Without the identification evidence, there was no evidence upon which a jury could find Bayley guilty," the justices said.

Bayley's appeal against the 2012 conviction was dismissed after the court said telephone evidence used at trial was "clearly relevant" and the jury could have found him guilty using at least five other pieces of evidence.

The justices were also critical of Legal Aid's decision not to fund Bayley's appeal, saying it was "abundantly clear" he had a strong case for acquittal over the 2000 rape.

The state government formally intervened in September to prevent Bayley - who turns 45 on Thursday - from accessing Legal Aid funding.

Victoria Legal Aid stood by its decision not to fund the appeal.

Jane Green from Vixen Collective, Victoria's peer-only sex worker organisation, said Wednesday's ruling comes just months after a Melbourne real estate agent was cleared of raping and imprisoning a sex worker in a vacant house.

"It's another disincentive," she told AAP.

"It says even when you go ahead and do this (make a complaint), you won't get a good outcome."